Tal hears the crossbow bolts fly as he double moves downstairs to get to whatever is firing at Richard!
Richard shrugs as the crossbow nicks his exposed swordarm.
"You'll need to do more than that to stop me, my dear! You'll need more that that to stop ALL of us!"
He moves 5 feet west off the ladder and begins to Inspire Courage.
"Why, our heroic exploits are known far and wide! You should lay down your arms and surrender, and we promise no harm."
Watching the women reload their crossbows though, he shrugs.
"But alas, your wish for violence will be fulfilled!"
Savonarola heads down the stairs, and stabs at one of the women who are still off-guard.
Hearing the commotion downstairs, Lorelei drinks a potion, disappearing from sight. Then she hurries after the others.
Girolamo heads down the stairs and spears the nun who did not fire her crossbow.
The door heaves from the slams of the fire elemental.
Lorelei drinks a potion and becomes invisible.
Tal double moves down the stairs.
Two of the sisters attack Tal.
Another Attacks Richard.
And the last attack Girolamo
All miss abysmally.
Lorelei slips past Richard and Girolamo invisibly and stands behind one of the nuns.
She thrusts at the sister with her rapier.
Unfortunately, Lorelei misses horribly and appears visible to everyone despite not harming the nun at all.
Richard sees Lorelei appear out of thin air.
"See! The gods are on our side, and they bring forth new allies to strengthen our resolve!"
Richard realizes he's flanking, so he maintains his bardsong and attacks the woman.
"A shame your efforts will end here!"
With a frown, Savonarola attempts to finish off the injured nun.
Tal laughs at the futile efforts of the woman trying to attack him. Is that all you have? I expected much worse after the warm greeting from your fiery friend upstairs.
Tal then proceeds to lay into the women before him with a cleave attack starting with the one in front of Richard.
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Girolamo tries to finish off the wounded nun, but in spite of a valiant effort, the nun still stands.
From up the stairs, you hear the fire elemental break through the door.
Lorelei misses in her attack.
Tal injures the nun in front of him and Richard.
Richard just misses in his attack.
One nun attacks Tal:
The other attacks Richard:
The one nun takes a five-foot step and flanks with her fellow nun on Lorelei:
"Note to self: We need a new exit." Richard muses as he hears the door get smashed. At his point the nun punches him in the face and kicks him in the ribs. He remains steady and swings at her again.
And misses utterly.
Lorelei grunts in pain as the nun delivers a painful blow to her stomach.
She thrusts at the nun in front of her with her rapier.
That was not turning into a good fight. His companions were too spread out to help each other an they were getting flanked. Barking out orders Tal tries to bring some focus to the group. Close up people. WE are getting flanked. Focus on one at a time to reduce heir numbers.! Meanwhile Tal continued to press his attack.
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Tal was rewarded with 2 solid hits on his opponents. Hopefully that was enough to bring them down.
Savonarola sighs in annoyance, and tries to finish off the wounded Nun.
Girolamo misses as he tries to finish off the nun.
The fire elemental continues in the rooms above.
Lorlei wounds the one of the sisters.
Tal chops the nun's head off who was facing him.
Richard misses in his attack.
One nun attacks Tal and misses:
The other nun continues her attack on Lorelei even without her sister and manages a hit.
Richard closes his mouth as Tal lops off another woman's head. "I remind you once again of our offer of mercy. Do not throw your lives away!"
Richard steps 5ft down and to the left, shoulder to shoulder with Tal. "We fight as one!"
"Hopefully we don't miss as one."
Savonarola attempts, patiently, to finish-off his nun.
Lorelei turns and attacks the nun behind her.
The woman were falling leaving Tal and the party better able to regroup and prevent their flanks from being exposed, as such it was only a matter time before they inevitably succeeded. Putting forth his best effort Tal swings again at the woman before him.
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Girolamo slays the nun he was fighting. You hear the fire elemental moving on the floor above.
Lorelei and Tal attack the remaining nun.
Richard takes a step and misses the nun.
The remaining nun, realizing that she has had no luck against Tal, tries the bruised Lorelei.
Savonarola steps over the corpse of one of the nuns, and attacks the final one.
"To the death, eh? I pity you the most of all."
"Or maybe I pity my terrible aim..."
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Tal looks at Richard as he tries to attack the nun and misses horribly. The rush of combat was flowing in his blood and eh can not help but remark wittily at the bird handler. It is a pity that your blade and aim are not as sharp as your tongue or wit. Perhaps I should teach you the fine art of swordsmanship. At your level it may only take a year or two.
Girolamo finishes off the last sister and you hear the elemental moving upstairs.
Tal makes sure the sister is dead, while Richard misses her corpse.
This cavernous chamber is cool and musty. An iron flight of spiral stairs rises in the room’s center, while the brick-lined walls of the large room are heavy with countless wooden shelves. In places, the shelves extend out into the room itself, creating something of a maze. Resting on the shelves are hundreds and hundreds of polished black pottery urns, each with a series of spidery scratches on the side that could be writing. Here and there between the shelves, in nooks and alcoves along the walls, hard cots provide spartan beds.
Richard has a good laugh. "Sherix does call me an optimistic fool. Maybe my mercy holds my blade back a little too much."
Lorelei quickly hurries down the rows, checking to see if they're chronologically sorted.
"Hmm. I can try to make an image of a wall. Maybe the elemental won't follow us if it can't find us."
Seeing the extensive amount of information around the place Tal knows that they will or have enough time till the elemental reaches them. Digging out his curative wand he ha ds it to Giralimo. I can red infernal as well but with that big fiery thing up there we won’t have enough timetable o search everything down here. If you guys have anything that can boost my defenses or att1cks more I will head upstairs and try to keep it busy and buy you as much time as I can. Giralamo, If you could heal me with the wand I would appreciate it as it will hit me eventually.
Richard nods to Tal and casts Heroism upon him.
"Good luck, oh valiant Tal."
"Are you sure?" she asks Tal. "It looks like it could take some time."
Seeing Tal's determination, Lorelei quickly gets to work scanning the shelves...
After scanning a few shelves, Lorelei tells the others, "I've got this. You guys go help Tal."
Richard pulls out a scroll. "I was planning to save this for the battle against the lemures, but this seems like a more appropriate time. Er, Girolamo, can you use this? It will be easier for you than I."
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Seeing that Tal is going to be incredibly foolish brave, Savonarola does his best to help.
Richard is speechless as he watches an incredible battle between man and flame. It's just. Incredible.
Tal thanks th gods that he trained with shield and armor as he stood there waiting for the fire demon. With Girallamo behind him to heal him if necessary Tal attacked while the demon was trapped in the doorway. Blow after blow came at him as all but 1 was turned away. Still that one was a hard blow and left him burned...
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And on fire. Yet there was nothing to do but finish the task at hand and hope that the fire would not consume him. As the final blow landed on the demon Tal hurried to try and put out the flames.
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As a battered and smoking Tal descends down the stairs followed by Girolamo and Richard, Lorelei makes a gasp of discovery-An urn with Corina's name written in infernal!
Tal takes a weary walk down the steps but has a triumphant grin upon his face. The fire demon is no more. Unless we run into other foes this place should be ours to inspect at our leisure.
When Lorelei finds the urn quickly Tal just shakes his head in wonder. Perhaps I did not need to face off against the demon after all. None the less it is one less problem that we or others will have to face in the future. Excellent job finding it so quickly Lorelei. Shall we bring it back now for safe keeping?
Looking at Giralamo with the healing wand. Would you be so kind as to use some healing upon me good sir. I do not want to be taken by surprise by something else in my weakened state before we get back.
"Incredible. I could learn a thing or two. That tower shield isn't my style, though." He laughs.
"The urn. Yes, we should hold onto that. They ruined her body but at least they kept it organized."
Richard takes one last look at the fallen women. "We should... take whatever we can and get out of here. Someone is bound to check up on them."
Savonarola nods.
"Certainly."
He then helps to methodically search the bodies of the defeated nuns.
Turning to see Tal wounded but proud, Lorelei smiles. "Well, don't you look like the cat that got the cream. If that cat had just survived an inferno." Holding up the urn proudly, she bows. "Thank you, thank you." she jokes. "Not as impressive as what you just got up to, I imagine, but I'll take the praise."
She carefully puts the urn into her back pack, and then moves around helping the others rob the nuns out of house and home.
The nuns lived very simply i.e.cheap and besides a ton of urns, there is nothing else of value in the building.
Richard shudders. "I'd rather not spend the night here. Too much death."
Tal looks to see the resolve in the faces of his companions. Clearly they all wanted out of this place. Frankly the dead did not bother him at all as long as they remained dead and unmoving. Still if they wished to brave the night terrors then he would not abandon them. If we are going back then let us hurry onward from this place.
The streets are dark and deserted. Doors and windows are shuttered tight and there are no sounds but your footsteps on the cobblestone. You see movement out of your peripheral vision and unnatural sounds emanate from many alleyways. Despite this, you arrive at the safe house unmolested. A concerned Arael greets you at the door.